Ladder mending device for knit goods



March le, 1937.

LADDER MENDING DEVICE FOR KNIT `GOODS Filed May 25, 195s wNVENTbR RUDOLFBELLMAMN' ma.; F/g.

0 4l nl 00 4 1 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 16,V 1937 PATENT Norrlcr.

LADDER MENDING DEVICE FR KNIT GOODS VRudolf Bellmann, Chemnitz, GermanyApplication May 25, 1936,` Serial No. 81,721 In Germany January 17, 19351 8 Claims.

. This invention relates to a device for mending ladders, i. e., pickingup meshes in knit goods, particularly stockings.

The invention affords the advantage of providing a small implement ofsimple design and easy to handleforrepairingvery fine meshes, as onlythe1.headA of a `spring needle need be passed through the mesh to berepaired.

The invention' attains its object by fitting the guiding, part ofthespring needle with means for pressing the needle and, further, with aknocking overf device. Y

One form of--the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in which Figure l is a'side.view,partly infsection, of the mending Idevice; Fig. 2, a front view of the device, with the guide sleeve of theneedle partly in section;

and Fig. 3, a rear view of the device.

Referring to the drawing-When a stitch is mended, the spring needle Icooperates with the presser member 2 and the knocking over means 3, thespring needle I being displaceable in its longitudinal directionrelative to the members 3 and 2. To make possible the pressing of theneedle point on passing the presser edge into the groove of the needlestem, the free edge of the presser plate 2 is bent so as to form aguiding face directed obliquely to the stem for guiding thereon thepoint of the hook-shaped portion of the needle when the latter is drawnback. Otherwise, the three parts I, 2, 3 cooperate in the manner knownin knitting frames when a new mesh is formed. With the new mendingdevice it is, however, not necessary to move the needle transversely tothe longitudinal direction thereof,

that is, in the direction of the presser plate, or to move the latter upto the needle. To make sure that during its return the needle is pressedfirst and then-the previously formed mesh is knocked over the presserplate projects somewhat farther than the knocking over plate 3, asindicated in Fig. 3.

The longitudinal displacement of the needle I relative to the members 2and 3 can be carried out in different ways. In the embodiment shown theneedle is longitudinally displaceable in a sleevelike guide member 4 andfor this purpose v secured to a holding bar 5, thefree end of whichcarries the handle or push knob I0 whereas the front end thereof isguided in the top of the guide member 4. The bar 5 is further guided bythe cover I2 which can be screwed into the rear end of the guide member4 and possesses a pro- 55 jecting edge II to facilitate unscrewing ofthe member I2 from the member 4 during disassembling of the mendingdevice.

To one side of the free end of the sleevelike member 4 the presser bar 2and to the other side the knocking over plate 3 are secured in anysuitable manner, for instance by means of screws.

The needle I is removably attached to the holding rod 5 by means of alongitudinal slot of the rod 5, in which the needle stem is inserted,and of a cross bore at the point where the heel of the'needle must beheld. To secure the needle in the slot a sleeve or a small spring I5 isate tached to the holding bar 5 at the point con-f cerned. i v

The holding bar 5 is further fitted with a guide needle 6 which may havea groove like a nar-r rower for the reception of the head of the needleI after removal of theV holding bar 5 from the vguide member 4. The freeend of the guide needle 6 is slightly bent away from the needle stem I.When introducing the holding bar 5 into the guide member 4 the guideneedle 6 must pass through a perforation I5 of the presser plate 2, sothat the latter during forward pressure of the holding bar 5 ispositioned between the spring needle I and the guide needle E. The pointof the needle 5 facilitates proper picking up of the stitch t be mended,as the guide needle indicates at what point during the next depressionof the bar 5 the needle I will take up a ladder. The arrangementdescribed may be varied in many ways. For example, the guide needle 6may be secured to the top side of the presser plate 2 or be replaced byan arrow printed on the latter.

To insure easy handling of the device the hold.- ing bar 5 isautomatically urged into knocking over position by the spring 1. Forthis purpose one end of the spring 1 is supported by an. abutmentsurface inside the guide member 4 and the rearward end of the spring 1by an adjusting ring 8. The ring 8 carries a guide pin I8 engaging agroove 9 of the guide member 4 and thus preventing rotation of the bar 5and of the needle I during use of the device, so that the head of theneedle I can always reliably cooperate with the presser plate 2. i

When the mending device is to be used, the guide member 4 is held.between the thumb and the middle finger while the foreflnger is placedon the free end of the handle I Il. By exerting pressure with theforefinger the member 5 is displaced against the action of the spring 1in such manner that the needle I is pressed forward out of thevn'thdrawn position it occupies between the members 2 and 3 when not inuse so as to permit on the fabric to be mended, whereby operationis.

facilitated.

For depressing the needl'eifa small' electric motor may be used.Furthermore, the members 2, 3, 4 can be made integral byslopingtheirontend of the sleevelike member 4 so that the farther projecting edgeportion thereofserves as lpresser plate and the more rearwardly disposedone as knocking over means.

1.-A device for mendingJa'ddersin knitl'goods; comprising a.l guidemember,v a spring needlelongi'- tudinally displaceable in said'guidemember, and needle `presser and knocking over means 'carriedi bysaidguide member and'cooperating-withj said spring -needle to form a newmesh.

2. A device according to claim 1, Whereinlthe presser means islimmovably secured to thev guide member and the free edgethereof isbentawayfrom the spring needle to form a guide face extending obliquelyto the needle for pressing/.during return of the needle theY pointthereof onto the stem.

3. A device according to claiml, wherein the presser means extendsfarther away from the guide member of the spring needle than theknocking over means.

4. A device according to claim 1, comprising a spring for influencingthe spring needle and moving it into the guide member after each workingstroke to bring the needle head into knocking over position between thepresser and knocking Over means.

5. A device for mendingA ladders inz'knit goods, comprising a guidemember, a holding bar longitudinally displaceably arranged in said guidemember and forming with its free end a handle for actuatingthe device, aspring needle removably secured to said holding bar and longitudinallydisplaceable therewith, and needle presser and knocking over meanscarried by said guide memberand cooperating with said spring needle toform a new mesh.

6. A device according to claim 5, comprising a guide needle attached tothe holding bar with the. presser means' positionedlbetweenA it and: thespring needle.v

'7. A device according to claim-.5, conxpu'ising."al guideneedleattached to the'. holdingibar .witlr the pressermeans'` positionedbetween it'andrr the spring. 'needle and.l a cover'rremovably: securedvto the guide memberof' the springxneedle and penetrated by theholdingzbar` to permit afterits re'- moval the. Withdrawal oftheholding-bar, spring andguideV needles from thev guide? member.A

8.v A devicer according to :claim -'5, comprising means cooperating withthe guidemember to se# cure the spring needleA against rotation."

RUDOLF BELLMANN.

